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Did Life Start In Hydrothermal Vents?
Episode 1161
How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists are actively investigating. After talking with many scientists, host R…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Best (And Oldest) Tadpole Ever Discovered
Episode 1160
For years, we've been asking, "Which came first: the chicken or the egg?" Maybe what we should have been asking is, "Which came first: the frog or th…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Sound Of Fear: Why Do Animals Scream?
Episode 1159
NOTE: This episode contains multiple high-pitched noises (human and other animals) that some listeners might find startling or distressing.
In this ep…
1 year, 6 months ago
Embracing Death: Why We Age
Episode 1158
Humans have seen a significant increase in life expectancy over the past 200 years — but not in overall lifespan. Nobody on record has lived past 122…
1 year, 6 months ago
Honey, They Cloned The Apples!
Episode 1157
What's your favorite apple? Maybe it's the crowd-pleasing Honeycrisp, the tart Granny Smith or the infamous Red Delicious. Either way, before that ap…
1 year, 6 months ago
Saving The Hawaiian Tree Snails
Episode 1156
More than a million species are at risk of extinction, many within decades, because of human actions. Among them? The kāhuli, Hawaii's native tree sn…
1 year, 6 months ago
A Brand New Kind of Schizophrenia Treatment
Episode 1155
For the past 70 years, schizophrenia treatments all targeted the same chemical: dopamine. While that works for some, it causes brutal side effects fo…
1 year, 6 months ago
'Ghost Genes' Could Help Save The American Red Wolf
Episode 1154
Every American red wolf alive right now is descended from only 14 canids. In the 1970s, humans drove the red wolf to the brink of extinction. Because…
1 year, 6 months ago
Game Night With 'Shrooms
Episode 1153
Calling all foragers! The new board game Undergrove, co-designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and Mark Wooten, is all about the symbiotic relationships betw…
1 year, 6 months ago
New Frogs Just Dropped
Episode 1152
In the humid rainforests of northern and eastern Madagascar reside seven newly described frog species. They often hang out near fast, flowing rivers.…
1 year, 6 months ago